Subject: bug#6779: 23.1; `C-s RET C-w' to start word search

From: Johan Bockgård <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:45:20 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Johan Bockgård <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> The NEWS file for Emacs 23 says that
>>
>>     In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
>>     the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
>>     `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete.
>>
>> But in fact it doesn't seem to work at all.
>
> Yeah, it I say `C-s C-w', then the word under point is inserted in the
> search buffer, and allows me to search for that word.

> So I think the NEWS file is just wrong?  `M-s w' seems to have the
> intended effect.

The key sequences in question were `C-s RET C-w' and `C-s M-e C-w', but
yes, they have been removed and replaced with `M-s w'.